Evans enters 2018 on the heels of arguably his best season as a professional, with personal bests for receiving yards and yards-per-receptions in 2018. The former first-round pick of the 2014 NFL draft posted eight 100-yard games, with six games of at least ten targets.

With DeSean Jackson moving on via free agency to Philly and Adam Humphries leaving to join the Titans, there are plenty of vacant targets in the Tampa passing game to be distributed between Evans, Chris Godwin, and the other WRs and tight ends on the roster.

Look for Evans to get back closer to his 2016 season when he notched 171 targets and 12 touchdowns. As the No.7 ranked WR, a return to than volume level could make Evans a massive value as a player currently going at the back-end of the second round in most formats.

If there is a knock on Evans, it is his curiously low usage in the red zone. With 13 targets last season in the red zone, Evans ranks 29th among qualified receivers, behind Zay Jones, John Brown, Corey Davis, and even Josh Reynolds.

If new head coach Bruce Arians corrects this egregious lack of volume for Evans in the red zone, look for Evans to compete with DeAndre Hopkins, Julio Jones, Davante Adams, and Michael Thomas for the WR1 title in 2019.

FFToday's Take:Some of the Bucs have been battling illness this week but it appears Evans will be playing. Evans and the Bucs passing offense should be in for a decent day against the 49ers with a game total of 50.5 and favored by a point.

FFToday's Take:Evans skipped the Bucs third pre-season game with a leg injury that was vaguely described as a minor quad or groin issue. It sounds like Evans is on track to start in Week 1 so draft him as normal.

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